MIGHT AND MAGIC: CLASH OF HEROES ARTICLES

December 4, 2009 - Welcome to Game Scoop!, your one stop shop for everything that went down this week in IGN world. It's Daemon Hatfield, Greg Miller, Craig Harris, and Ryan Geddes on board this episode. A heaping scoop of videogame news is about to be dumped in your lap. Ready?!

December 1, 2009 - The Might and Magic franchise has been around for decades now, spanning the life of PC and beyond ever since its dawn in 1986. Over the last two decades the franchise has seen dozens of games across multiple spin-offs, and while hardcore gamers agree that it's a powerhouse in the realm of strategy games, it's safe to say that for most gamers out there the series has lost some serious steam as years go on. For that reason alone I'd expect some gamers to roll their eyes at a Might and Magic DS release; especially one that dons a new anime-influenced look. I picked the game up for the first time at this year's E3 with a common notion: "Well, this is some spin-off Might and Magic game… looks nice, but not sure I care." The end result; my preconceptions couldn't have been further from the truth. Ubisoft and independent developer Capybara Games (known best for its work on the award-winning puzzler Critter Crunch) have put a surprising exclamation mark on the end of DS's 2009 with a game that screams "sleeper hit of the year." DS is a crowded market filled with some seriously top-notch games, but there's no doubt Might and Magic deserves to sit with the best of the best.

December 1, 2009 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Ubisoft today announced that its highly anticipated next installment from the Might & Magic series, Might & Magic Clash of Heroes, is now available at retail stores in North America. Might & Magic Clash of Heroes has an MSRP $29.99 and is rated E 10+ for everyone. A puzzle Role Playing Game available exclusively for the Nintendo DSTM, Might & Magic Clash of Heroes was developed by Capybara Games, creators of award-winning handheld and mobile games.

November 20, 2009 - Ubisoft has locked down the release date for Capybara Games' Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes for Nintendo DS at December 1 (just a week and a half away), and with the final version in-hand we decided what better time to kick off the final leg of our coverage than right now. So that's exactly what we did. Having already interviewed Capy Games about their upcoming strategy puzzler, we decided to hit up the lighter side of the Canada-based dev studio. We looked up Nathan Vella, co-founder and president at Capybara Games, and stole him away for a quick chat about all things Capy.

July 24, 2009 - Developer Capybara Games is relatively new to this whole "make games that people buy and then play" thing that our industry is made up of, but already the company is getting some serious press. After a brief stint in cell phone gaming, Capy released the critically acclaimed Critter Crunch, and has since moved on to its first DS project. Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes is less a standard M&M game, and more a showcase of just what this talented Canada-based dev studio is capable of. Seeing as it's our job to cover cool games and the equally cool people making them, we staged a sitdown with the guys behind the game to shoot the breeze and take a deeper look into what made Might & Magic happen, and what players can expect from it when it hits shelves August 25.

July 15, 2009 - E3 2009 wasn't exactly the most triumphant year for Nintendo DS. While there was a lot of talk about the Wii, Wii MotionPlus, and a few great additions to Nintendo's home console, the pocket side of things were somewhat drab. We got the announcement – as well as a 12 second "We swear it's real, see!" demo – of Golden Sun DS, a new Mario & Luigi RPG, but not much else. Much like with Nintendo's console, however, the third party efforts were there on DS, and while much of the show's hype went to a little game called Scribblenauts there was another unsung hero at the show in the form of Capybara Games own Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes. This system-exclusive puzzle/strategy game may not have much in common with its Might & Magic roots, but it's obvious that both Capy Games and Ubisoft – the guys putting financial backing into Clash of Heroes – know what they are doing, as this innovative title has seriously pulled me in.

May 22, 2009 - The long-running Might & Magic series of role-playing games is coming to the Nintendo DS this summer, but it might not be what you're expecting. Developer Capybara (responsible for IGN's 2007 Wireless Game of the Year, Critter Crunch) has given the game an anime makeover and has borrowed a couple ideas from Puzzle Quest. The result is a great-looking puzzle/strategy game with what appears to be a lot of gameplay depth. Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes has shot to the top of our most-anticipated DS game list.